Example Sentences

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The cauliflower features that protein-like — not unpleasant — stringiness typical of a chicken breast.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

This alleged stringiness only shows up at energies millions of times higher than what could be achieved by any particle accelerator ever imagined.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

It wasn't until the stringiness of a classmate's okra lunch induced a few stunned gasps at the fourth grade cafeteria table that I learned sliminess, for many, is not a texture that induces greedy salivation.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2021

Those recipes brought out the stringiness in the bulb rather than highlighting the fresh, aromatic qualities he finds so appealing.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2015

There was no stringiness in it and he knew that it would bring the highest price in the market.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway